Extracting and exposing valuable insights to enable smart cities and many other applications. I recently had the privilege of getting a preview of Nexar’s Live Map, from my friend, Nexar’s CTO and co-founder Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz. Nexar uses off-the-shelf smartphones and dash-cams, sophisticated data ingestion, data processing, sensor fusion, and machine learning software to realize theirContinue reading “You’ll want Nexar’s newly released Live Map for your city”
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Machine intelligence for content distribution, logistics, smarter cities, and more
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Rhea Liu on technology trends in China. In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with Rhea Liu, analyst at China Tech Insights, a new research firm that is part of Tencent’s Online Media Group. If there’s one placeContinue reading “Machine intelligence for content distribution, logistics, smarter cities, and more”
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication networks can help fuel smart cities
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz on the importance of building the ground control center of the future. In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, co-founder and CTO of Nexar. We first met when he was leading Yahoo! technicalContinue reading “Vehicle-to-vehicle communication networks can help fuel smart cities”
How intelligent data platforms are powering smart cities
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Smart cities and smart nations run on data. According to a 2014 U.N. report, 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, with further urbanization projected to push that share up to 66% by the year 2050. This projected surge in population has encouragedContinue reading “How intelligent data platforms are powering smart cities”